Gerhard Frey
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Gerhard Frey is a German mathematician best known for his work on elliptic curves and for formulating the Frey curve, which played a key role in the eventual proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem.
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German mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| citizenship | German ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
modularity conjecture
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strategy for proving Fermat's Last Theorem via modularity ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cologne
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University of Hamburg ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Duisburg-Essen
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University of Duisburg-Essen ⓘ
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University of Essen
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| fieldOfWork |
arithmetic geometry
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elliptic curves ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
Diophantine equations
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algebraic number theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
Andrew Wiles
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Ken Ribet ⓘ research on modularity of elliptic curves ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Frey curve construction
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work on Galois representations ⓘ work on modular forms ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to the proof strategy of Fermat's Last Theorem
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formulation of the Frey curve related to Fermat's Last Theorem ⓘ |
| notableWork | Frey curve ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of mathematics ⓘ |
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